Ronald Charles Button was born on 19 January 1933, the youngest of the three children of Henry James Button (1900-1960) and Florence Rosina Button née Furniaux (1901-1940). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1933 in the Bethnal Green Registration District, London.
His two siblings were: Doris Rosina Button (1922-1940) and Henry George Button (1926-2002).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register, that confirms his date of birth, he is shown as at school and staying at Ash Farm, Tonbridge, Kent, with his mother and his brother Henry George Button. His mother was shown as on unpaid domestic duties and his brother was also listed as at school.
He died when a bomb was dropped on the Columbia Market air raid shelter on the night of 7th/8th September 1940 and his death was registered incorrectly as aged 8 years in the 3rd quarter of 1940 in the Bethnal Green Registration District, London. He was actually aged 7 years, 7 months when he died.
His body was on 19 September 1940 in , Sebert Road, London, E7 0NP, together with his mother and sister who were also killed by the same bomb.
He is shown incorrectly as 'Ronald Button, aged 8 years' on the Columbia Market air raid shelter memorial in the Rose Garden, Old Market Square, Ravenscroft Park, London, E2.
He is also commemorated on the , on the , both of which show him incorrectly as aged 8 years and in that is kept just outside the entrance to St George's Chapel at the west end of Westminster Abbey.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan
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